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Re:Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens by wiseowise on Saturday December 11, 2021 @02:07AM (#29519124)
> Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Sounds like a mental gymnastics to me.

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Re:Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens by ptr on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:58AM (#29521774)
It’s interesting; I assume you’re using “mental gymnastics” in a derogatory sense but I love those questions and I would love answering them. I’m actually a bit peeved that no one is asking me them right now.
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Re:Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens by nitrogen on Saturday December 11, 2021 @09:38AM (#29521147)
It's perfectly reasonable to expect a developer to be able to recognize patterns and repeat them.
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